Sunday, August 7, 2011

Things we need for our trip!

Hello Friends and Family,

We have 5 days until we leave for Russia and are still working through a mountain of paper, tasks and our list of things to pack. We have most of what we need to travel, but are in need of the items below. To avoid the extra expense of having to purchase them on top of our travel expenses, we are asking if anyone can loan or donate any of the following items to us on short notice (on or before Wednesday). If you live out of town, there are still a few items on the list (like phone minutes or frequent flyer miles) you can help us with. Please let us know if you can help!

Phone minutes (Verizon)
Frequent Flyer Miles (Delta, Air France, Aeroflot)
Digital Camera (ours just stopped working unexpectedly this week!!!)
Digital storage (SD card 4 GB or more, preferrably 8 GB)
***need to use digital camera for videos and photos to send to international doctor while we are there so it needs to be good quality and large storage***
Luggage (2 carry on size with wheels and pull handles) -- we are going to try to travel light with carry on bags only!
***each bag must be no more than 55cm x 35cm x 25 cm***
200-watt auto adjust converter for converting power on our devices to 220-volt (we have one but two would be great as it only has one outlet)
Ink cartridges HP 56 (black) and HP 57 (color) for an HP 1200 printer (we have been going through lots of ink printing documents)
Marriott rewards (for one night hotel stay in Moscow)
Cash

We have one more really unusual item that we need. We are looking for a dual micro usb cable to charge both cell phones at the same time. Since our outlet capacity will be limited, we thought bringing something that could charge both cell phones at once would be a great way to consolidate. If you have one you are willing to loan (or donate to) us or if you know where we can find one quickly and cheaply, please let us know.

Also, please pray for our visas and passports to get back in time. I literally walked into Fedex at 8:57 p.m. (three minutes before they closed) to overnight our visa applications on Thursday so we have them back in time for our departure this week. I called on Friday to confirm that everything was done correctly and they said it looked good and that they would take it to the consulate on Monday. However, I noticed last night that I made a mistake on Chad's. I am hoping I caught it in time and can have it corrected! I am calling in the morning to try and fix it. Please pray there would be no delays in the processing and delivery/return of our visas and passports due to my error!!!

Thank you to anyone who can help us with any of these items and to everyone who is, was and will be praying for our trip! We appreciate it so very, very much!!